mr. phillip, number six sir. >> we can get cabinet ministers to different parts of the country to meets with all different parts organization. the cabinet ministers have met locations for future meetings will be in due course. >> i certainly join my honorable friend. in term of the electrification we are committed to electrifying 300 miles and that compares 9 miles. there's a large support for the midland main line electrification. i will listen carefully to the treasury what he says. >> mr. speaker, given the inquiry is to get out the truth about the unhealthy relationship between some politicians and the media. why do government ministers including himself needs to be briefed by lawyers before attempting to get evidence? >> what minister i'm sure are doing as i've done. you have to re-familiarize yourself with evidence. all of the evidence i confined with meetings, going back to december of 2005. there's a huge amount of information preparation. that's entirely appropriate. >> my constituency -- does the prime minster believe it's great for a -- right. >> i completely understand and she's

mr. phillip makoski. he is accompanied by dr. lucille beck, chief consultant for rehabilitation services, director for audiology and speech pathology and acting chief consultant for prosthetic and century age service in the veterans health administration. also accompanied by mr. norbert doyle and mr. ford hurd, associate deputy assistant secretary in the department of veterans affairs office of acquisitions and logistics. mr. makofski, your complete written statement will be made part of the record and you are recognized for five minutes. >> chairman johnson, ranking member donnelly, and members of the is subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to speak about the department of veterans affairs ability to deliver quality care and acquire prosthetics and other devices. i'm accompanied today by lucille beck, rehabilitation services and acting chief consultant prosthetics and century aid service. mr. norbert doyle and mr. ford hurd san hurd assistant secretary. to improve the business processes governing the procurement of prosth

mr. phillips. >> i was spending the last few days with your folks talking about a lot of different things. >> you're lucky it came up on a day when there's no snow. it was snowing like crazy all weekend. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> how are things going here for you? >> slow and steady. nothing out of the ordinary really. >> you've read the book? >> yes. yes, i read the book. my dad sent it to me about last week. spent all night reading it. i was up all night reading it. it was quite a surprise to me some parts of it. very interesting. >> in what sense? >> just some of the things that were revealed caught me off guard. and just some very big surprises in it for me. >> what was that caught you off guard? >> some of his insights into what he thought of me as i was growing up. >> all set. everybody ready? okay. let's all take a deep breath. your dad comes here to visit about once a mom. but i get the impression that the two of you don't talk a lot about everything that happened. about the crimes, in particular. >> no, we don't discuss that because it's been gone over so thoroughly in the pa

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mr. phillips. how are you? >> nice to see you. spending the last few days with your folks. >> great. >> talking about a lot of different things. >> hey, you're lucky that you came up with a day of no snow. it was snowing like crazy all weekend. >> is that right? >> yeah. >> how are things going for you here? >> oh, slow and steady. nothing -- nothing out of the ordinary really. >> you've read the book? >> yes, yes, i read the book. my dad sent it to me about last week and spent all night reading it. i was up all night reading it. it was quite a surprise to me, some parts of it. very interesting. >> in what sense? >> just some of the things that were revealed, caught me off guard. and just some -- some very big surprises in it for me. >> what was it that caught you off guard. >> some of -- some of his insights into -- into what he thought of me as i was growing up. >> all set? everybody ready? okay, let's all take a deep breath. your dad comes here to visit about once a month but i get the impression that -- that the two of you don

mr. we're back with tonight's big picture rommel joining me are marc harrold libertarian commentator paul williams democratic strategist and judson phillips soci director of the tea party dot net or tea party nation let's get back to a j.c. penney just launched a father's day ad featuring a gay couple real life dads they called todd koch and cooper smith with their two kids the ad reads what makes dad so cool he's the swim coach tap maker best friend by fixer and hug giver all rolled into one or two so is this a sign that marriage equality has hit a tipping point toward acceptance in the united states mark you know it does when i mean advertisers they're going to test their market they believe that this is a market that they can go into the but you know the market will respond they'll be certain people won't buy from j.c. penney they'll be certain people that do as far as whether it's an overall net positive yet is because you see advertising in the market following what has become a changing face of the american family and whether people like it or not that's the where we are and you know advertisers will follow the call that changing i

phillips'. >>> for the past year, you've been holding the attorney general to an impossible standard. mr. have to be this way. it really didn't. we could have postponed today's vote, accepted attorney general's offer. the position and prestige of this committee has been diminished and the result should concern us all. >> oversight and government reform committee ranking member elijah cummings before the contempt rote this morning, a sentiment shared of most democrats on the hill an agreement could have been reached to avert today's outcome. just before the committee meeting began, the white house asserted expectative privilege. nbc's kristen welker is live at the white house with more on this. what more do we know about the agreement and the committee got word just before the start of the hearing? >> reporter: right. good morning, thomas. the white house believes this was necessary to assert executive privilege to essentially protect documents that have never been released to congress before. these are documents that relate to congressional inquiries, media inquiries, in to the fast and f

mr. beach innocent. >> and here was something very unusual. after granting barry beach a new trial, judge e. wayne phillips his decision. >> i had a huge internal debate for much of the period after the hearing, in which i was trying to decide whether he should be let go. i mean, how could you rule as i did on the evidence i had and not also have to think about whether the guy should be just set free. >> did you feel a heavy responsibility? >> oh, absolutely. it wears on you. because somebody died. kim nees died. and never, ever forget that. i never forget that. >> the judge stopped short of declaring beach innocent. after all, there was that old confession on the file. but once he heard steffie eagleboy tell about hearing the murder happen -- >> and that was what was so convincing. it was that linchpin that convinced me that a jury, probably instructed, would have said, i've got doubt. i have reasonable doubt. about this man's guilt. >> all rise. >> but now, having granted a new trial, judge phillips faced another question. after 29 years in prison, should barry beach be released to wait for his new day i

phillips decided to intervene. he's also thankful the cameraman thought better and decided not to intervene. >> he kept shooting the whole time. >> when the police came it couldn't be, oh, mr. mattes attacked me. the cameraman said, look at the tape. they looked at the tape and that was it. he was gone. so the cameraman saved the situation, saved me. >> coming up -- rescuers battle to save a man at the edge of niagara falls. >> if you go over in that particular spot you're not going to survive. >> we thought for sure we were going to see the poor guy go over the brink. >> this man. >> i would rather have the prosecutor than him. >> wants a new lawyer. >> when "caught on camera" returns. silver and bronze... ♪ it's the red. it's the green and yellow. it's the red, white and blue. because at the olympic games, it's not the color you go home with that matters. it's the colors you came in. and when colors mean this much, you can only trust them to tide. proud keeper of the red, white and blue. i had[ designer ]eeling enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide

phillips decided to intervene. he's also thankful the cameraman thought better and decided not to intervene. >> he kept shooting the whole time so that when the police came, it couldn't be mrttes attacked me. no. the cameraman says, why don't you look at the tape. they looked at the tape, and that was it. he was gone. so the cameraman saved this situation, saved me. >>> coming up, rescuers battle to save a man at the edge of niagara falls. >> if you go over at this particular spot, you're not going to survive. >> we thought for sure we were going to see this poor guy go right over the brink. >>> and this man -- >> i'd rather have the prosecutor be my attorney than him. >> -- wants a new lawyer. when "caught on camera: sinister, strange, shocking" returns. wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... ...advanced headlights... ...and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ fight both fast with new tums freshers! concentrated relief that g